Synonyms for caliphate
ˈkæl əˌfeɪt, -fɪt, ˈkeɪ lə-caliphate

Princeton's WordNet

1. Caliphatenoun

   the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community

   "their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate"

2. caliphatenoun

   the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph

3. caliphatenoun

   the office of a caliph

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1. Hoshiyar Zebari:

   After all these years nobody wants to see a caliphate of hatred. They are no longer an existential threat to our existence. They are still a very very serious threat, how long it will take? I don’t have the crystal ball to tell you. It will take some time. I think we are winning, they are losing.

2. Mike Pence:

   As we begin to bring our troops home, the American people can be assured, for the sake of our soldiers, their familiesand our nation, we will never allow the remnants of ISIS to re-establish their evil and murderous caliphate -- not now, not ever.

3. Rita Katz:

   He appeared as a commander of hardened mujahideen, of an insurgency group, not the pampered leader of a well-off caliphate, his appearance totally mobilized Islamic State's supporters all over the world.

4. Ryan Mauro:

   There are two messages being sent by ISIS besides the obvious shock factor : First, their caliphate is an actual functioning and legitimate state. Second, this is long-term struggle, this is a way of saying that ISIS has succeeded( in creating a state) where Al Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists have failed.

5. Steve Warren:

   In addition to chipping away at their so-called caliphate, killing their leaders, we're also hitting them in the pocketbook.